Event Description:FROM CHERRY BLOSSOMS TO SNOW GARDENS features woodblock prints by famed
ukiyo-e masters of the 19th century including Utagawa Hiroshige, Utagawa
Kunisada, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, and Katsushika Hokusai. These artists
documented the everyday life of Edo (present day Tokyo) through vibrant
images of landscape, travel, commerce, and leisure. Among the many
subjects represented in FROM CHERRY BLOSSOMS TO SNOW GARDENS are sumo
wrestlers, logging and bamboo harvesting, images of the passing seasons,
fireworks, and boating. Also included are selections from Hiroshige’s
series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido,” “One Hundred Views of
Famous Places in Edo,” and “Fashionable Genji.” The exhibition also
features twentieth century Japanese prints by artists including Shiro
Ikegawa, Hashiguchi Goy?, Kaoru Kawano, and Kiyoshi Saito. Also on view
are examples of popular 20th century Japanese print culture including
selections of mid-century Chiyogami prints as well as prints that
reflect both the evolution and continuity of Japanese visual narratives.

This exhibition is generously supported in part by the HBB Foundation,
the CU Art Museum benefactors and members, as well as by the CU Boulder
Student Arts and Cultural Enrichment (ACE) fees. Additional support for
this exhibition and related programs is generously provided by the
Center for Asian Studies, University of Colorado Boulder.